Improvement in station-indicators



l. W. NEWLIN 81.1. S. SIMMERMAN.

Station-indicators.

No. 145,583, Patented Dec16,1873.

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JOHN W. NEWLIN AND JACOB S. SIMMERMAN, OF MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY,

IMPROVEMENTJN STATION-INDICATORS.

Specification forming part of Leittrs Patent No. 145,583, dated December16, 1873; application filed October 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN W. NEWLIN and J AOOB S. SIMZMERMAN, ofMillville, in the county of Cumberland and State of New J ersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Station-Indicator, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure 1 is a front view of our improved indicator, the door beingopened. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same taken through the line ara, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Our invention has for its object to furnish an improvedstation-indicator for railroad-cars, which shall be so constructed thatthe indicators throughout the train may all be adjusted at the sametime, and which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use,reliable in operation, and not liable to get out of order. The inventionconsists in the rabbeted and slotted strips, the upper inclined strips,and the lower inclined strips, constructed and arranged in connectionwith the box; and in the combination of the shaft and its arms andspring with the rabbeted and slotted strips and the box.

A is a rectangular box, which is designed to be secured in some suitableposition in a car.

The front a of the box A is hinged at one end,

to serve as a door, is secured at the other end with some convenientfastening, and has a transparent portion in its middle part, to allowthe names of the stations to be seen. The names of the stations areprinted upon strips B of wood or other suitable material, one name beingprinted upon each strip. The ends of the lower edge of the strips B haverabbets formed in them, as shown in Fig. 1. The upper parts of thestrips B have slots b formed in them, which enter vertically from theupper edge of the said strips, and then turn at right angles and projecthorizontally. The upper edge of the horizontal part of the slots 1) ismade inclined, as shown in Fig. 1. O are strips, made with inclinedlower edges, and of less width than the slots b so as to pass into them.The strips 0 are attached to the top of the box A, and to their lowerinclined edges are attached metallic straps o, in such a way as to forminclined slots between them and the inclined lower edges of the saidstrips 0. D

are strips with inclined upper edges, the lower edges of which areattached to the bottom of the box A. The forward ends of the strips Dextend close up to the door a. The lower edges of the strips 0 inclinedownward toward the door a, and the upper edges of the strips D inclinedownward toward the back of the box A, as shown in Fig. 2. E is a shaft,which works in bearings attached to the box A, and to which are rigidlyattached three arms, F G H. The arm F projects downward into such aposition as to strike the clapper of a bell, I, attached to the box A.The arm G projects upward into such a position that, when moved forward,it may strike against the end of the lowest strip, B, and push itlongitudinally until it drops upon the lower strips D, down which itslides to the rear part of the box A. The third arm, H, passes outthrough a slot in the end of the box A, and has a pulley, J, pivoted toits end, to receive a cord, K, which is kept in place upon the pulley Jby a spring, L, which allows the cord K to be slipped oif and onconveniently. The cord K passes over pulleys M, pivoted in brackets N,attached to the box A, upon the opposite sides of and above the end ofthe arm H. The cord K extends through all the cars of the train, beingconnected by snap-hooks at the ends of the cars, and its ends aresecured, so that it may be pulled in either direction and from any partof the train.

By this construction, when the cord is pulled the first effect is totake up the slack, and the next effect is to raise all the arms H, whichoperates the arms F to strike the bells I, and the arms G to push thelowest strip from its place and expose the next strip.

The shaft E has a spring, 0, coiled around and connected with it, so asto bring it and the arms F G H back to their places whenever the cord Kis released. The shaft E and its arms F G H may be placed in the upperor lower part of the box A, as may be desired.

By this construction, when the end of the route is reached the strips Bwill all be upon the lower strips, D, and arranged in proper order forthe return trip, so that all that will be necessary to rearrange theindicators will be to raise the strips B, and hang them upon the strapsc of the strips 0.

The indicator is also intended for use as a 2. The combination of theshaft E, arms G street-indicator for street-cars and other con- H, andspring Owith the strips B b b and Veyances. box A a, substantially asherein shown and Having thus described our invention, we described. Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters JOHN W. NEWLIN.

1. The combination of the strips B, having JACOB SIMMERMANN' slots 11and notches N, with the upper strips, Witnesses: O c, and the lowerinclined strips, D, all as MATlI-IIAS S. HUGHES, shown and described, tooperate as specified. CHARLES D. WELLS.

